Beautiful Silks Artist Residency Seminar and Workshop

MARRIE-THERESE WISNIOWSKI : ART CLOTH

COMPLEX CLOTH: Seminar Thursday evening 19th May - Workshop Saturday Sunday 21st & 22nd May 2011

Two days - one workshop - 10 people limit.

Workshop Description:

Structure. All three events would be based on the same Art Cloth theme, namely on "Complex Cloth".
(a). The residency would be from Monday to Friday.
(b) The workshop would be from Saturday to Sunday.
(c) I would also give a seminar talk on the Thursday evening to the Thursday evening group and other interested people.

2. Synopsis.
The residency, workshop and talk would be an integrated unit on "Complex Cloth" techniques. The residency work would be an open studio (say between 1 - 4 pm) where prospective workshop attendees, the Thursday night group and other interested people could witness and experience an artist "at work" (as you can in the store fronts in Venice). We would need to know how many may want to take advantage of witnessing and bantering to the 'artist at work', since if there are too many, then it will have to be restricted to certain numbers at anyone time. I believe an open residency would further assist filling the workshop and create an added interest to the Thursday Night Group.

3. Proposal.
I intend to create, hone and master some new "Complex Cloth" techniques during the residency in order to create art cloth suitable for wearables (e.g. scarves or cloth lengths for clothing etc.) It would be good if you and I could come to an arrangement with respect to selling the "end wearables" of my residency in your shop since I may create a market for these products because of the 'open' residency idea and the integrated nature of the workshop and talk. All three would link into the complex cloth techniques that would be exposed in the wearables produced during the residency.

Cost : $240.00 -this fee does not include materials.

Materials fee: Please bring $20 in an envelope in cash for Marie Therese for print paste.

Materials list to bring with you is here

Biography Marie-Therese Wisniowski,

........works full time as a studio artist, researcher, author & tutor and maintains Art Quill Studio at Arcadia Vale in New South Wales, Australia. She is also a casual lecturer at the University of Newcastle, Australia. In 2009, she curated the inaugural international ‘ArtCloth: Engaging New Visions’ exhibition that was held at Fairfield City Museum and Gallery, Sydney, 29th August – 11th October 2009 which tours nationally until 2011. She is the author of the book, ‘Not in My Name’. Her written works have appeared in journals such as ‘Literature and Aesthetics’, ‘Craft Arts International’, ‘Textile Fibre Forum’ and ‘Fibreline’. She has also authored articles on websites such as ‘Pop Art Legitimizing Prints as an Art medium – A Generator of Future Processes and Art Movements’ for the Exchange Partners in Print Media website. In 2007 she was invited to be the inaugural guest editor of the international e-zine ‘HeArtCloth Quarterly’. She specialises in the area of ArtCloth and limited edition prints and has created two new silkscreening techniques, “Matrix Formatting” and “Multiplexing” which she employs in her works. Her current work explores contemporary post-graffiti socio-political and environmental issues and she employs dyeing, discharge, stencilling, handpainting, digital imaging, dye sublimation and silkscreen printing to explore issues via her large format ArtCloth works. Her ArtCloth and works on paper have been widely exhibited nationally and internationally and are held in major public and private collections in Australia, Canada, England, Hong Kong, Ireland, Sweden, Thailand and the USA.

To enrol email: workshops@beautifulsilks.com or call (03) 9419 7745

To enrol email: info@beautifulsilks.com or call (03) 9419 7745